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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

22nd Dec 2020, 21:04

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Unintentional Flight Into IMC.

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Posted By blind pew

Would agree but I have enough problems at 71...

Would agree but I have enough problems at 71 hiking up a mountain with 15kg on my back and there is a slight logistical problem of getting back after an XC as even with an OAP bus pass I’m not so...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

20th Dec 2020, 18:32

Replies: 52

Unintentional Flight Into IMC.

Views: 14,256

Posted By blind pew

Caught out

Two decades ago I was slope/ wave soaring a slope in the lee of mount Brandon in Kerry around 400 ft agl in a phoebus C in which I had replaced the turn and slip with an ex RAF horizon and an...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

20th Dec 2020, 18:17

Replies: 52

Unintentional Flight Into IMC.

Views: 14,256

Posted By blind pew

Escape

Would disagree..in this case it was about heading into wind or away from the ridge with level wings in a trimmed glider. That sort of cloud is rarely turbulent or very wet..done that in both gliders...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

19th Dec 2020, 13:51

Replies: 52

Unintentional Flight Into IMC.

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Posted By blind pew

France

To become a world champion one needs to push one's limits which is what many pilots do in competitions and displays, a gyroscopic instrument is a safety factor like a parachute if it all goes wrong....

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

18th Dec 2020, 18:28

Replies: 52

Unintentional Flight Into IMC.

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Posted By blind pew

Post it

Nope..had to be properly blanked so that it was impossible to use. Part of the problem is that the ffvl national centre is at St Aubin in the Alps Maritime, they have daily soundings and do not...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

18th Dec 2020, 06:41

Replies: 52

Unintentional Flight Into IMC.

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Posted By blind pew

That’s the problem..the mentality that if it’s...

That’s the problem..the mentality that if it’s illegal then don’t fit them, yet a parachute is mandatory in France! Flying comps in France you have to remove or blank the turn and slip...was it not...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

30th Nov 2020, 06:38

Replies: 52

Unintentional Flight Into IMC.

Views: 14,256

Posted By blind pew

It’s not unlike sailing when the conditions can...

It’s not unlike sailing when the conditions can change incredibly quickly especially in the English Channel where I have experienced force 7 or 8 when force 3 was forecast or an unforecast bank of...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

28th Nov 2020, 07:41

Replies: 52

Unintentional Flight Into IMC.

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Posted By blind pew

Cornish Jack

Basically NO.
I've been flying in mountains for 25 years after doing a unique weeks course with Jaques Noel who was the top professional mountain flying instructor. Part of every day was pointing...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

25th Nov 2020, 08:27

Replies: 52

Unintentional Flight Into IMC.

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Posted By blind pew

GLIDING UK It was relatively standard to have a...

GLIDING UK
It was relatively standard to have a turn and slip in UK gliders.
Cloud climbs not uncommon with a specific frequency to avoid collisions.
Climbed in cloud triggered by a coal fired...

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